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My guess as to the love/relationship with Gladiator is due to CG.
When the film first came out people were impressed with this new CG and its ability to bring the Roman Coliseum to life. We thrilled to see gladiator fights, surrounded by this colossal Roman construction. I watched Gladiator first run in the theater. I was duly impressed!
Flash forward to today and we moan and groan with the overuse of green screen and CG...We crave real sets, real stunts. So now Gladiator the poster child for the wonders of CG, has become the poster child for the dismal overuse of the dreaded two letter effect.